November 2026

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The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Promote and Celebrate English in your school with 9 to 5 Day

As teachers, we do work more than just nine to five but that'd be a bit tricky to write a song about. Made famous by the fabulous Dolly Parton, "9 to 5" means a traditional workday starting at 9:00 AM and ending at 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday inclusive, so of course, 9 to 5 or 9-2-5 or the 25th of September which must be 9-2-5 or Dolly Parton Day.

October 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Promote and Celebrate English in your school with Talk Like a Pirate Day

The nineteenth of September is the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. While largely a bit of fun, Talk Like a Pirate Day also draws attention to the history of pirates and piracy, to the cultural and romantic signficance, and for English teachers, to popular Pirate English expressions.

September 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

August 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Poetry "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Join us for another of our narrative poems for Middle School / Lower Secondary Literature and bilingual students. This Anerican classic from almost 150 years ago captures the clash between small-town dreams and small-town heroes, in a tale which could be just as true today. Students are also introduced to this element of US culture and the associated General English they should know.

July 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Novel "Across the Barricades" by Joan Lingard

Joan Lingard's tale of Kevin and Sadie explores the reality of a Catholic-Protestant relationship during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, with parallels to the family/child relationships and forbidden love of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A widely-read and widely-studied Lower Secondary / Middle School modern classic.

Novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell

    

George Orwell's seminal short novel is one of those works that every Middle School or Lower Secondary student must read. Discover how Orwell uses animals to explore the meeting of a dream of a perfect world and the reality of human desire, the revolutionary cycle and one revolution in particlar, and human nature, with lessons for us all.